OBITUARY: Robert L. “Minnie” Wilhide

Tuesday

Nov 6, 2012 at 9:04 AMNov 6, 2012 at 9:06 AM

Robert L. “Minnie” Wilhide, age 78, of Waynesboro, died Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012, in the Waynesboro Hospital.

Robert L. “Minnie” Wilhide, age 78, of Waynesboro, died Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012, in the Waynesboro Hospital.
Born Dec. 6, 1933, he was the son of William and Helen (Stoler) Wilhide.
He was a graduate of Waynesboro Area High School with the class of 1951.
Mr. Wilhide was employed at Landis Tool Co. after graduation, where he learned his trade as a machinist. He served in the U.S. Army from 1955 to 1958 as a paratrooper in the 503rd Airborne Infantry, Regiment, 11th Airborne Division at Fort Campbell, Ky., and Munich, Germany.
He moved to Columbus, Ohio, after the service and was employed as a machinist at several companies in that area before moving back to this area in 2006.
Mr. Wilhide was a member of First Baptist Church in Columbus, Ohio, William “Max” McLaughlin VFW Post 695, Waynesboro, and Joe Stickell American Legion Post 15, Waynesboro.
He enjoyed researching history, especially the World War II era. Among those he was proud to have met was Paul W. Tibbets, who flew the Enola Gay over Hiroshima.
He is survived by his sister, Macy Rotz and her husband David, of Waynesboro; brother, Dennis L. Stull and his wife Barbara of Basye, Va.; several nieces and nephews and great- nieces and -nephews; his former wife, Dorothy Wilhide of Grove City, Ohio; and his special friend, Charlotte Sheffler of Waynesboro.
He was preceded in death by his parents and one sister, Doris J. Hahn.
Services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Nov. 9, 2012, in Grove-Bowersox Funeral Home, 50 S. Broad St., Waynesboro, with Rev. Mark Shover officiating. Burial will follow in Burns Hill Cemetery, Waynesboro.
The family will receive friends one hour prior to the services, Friday morning, in the funeral home.
Online condolences may be expressed at:
www.bowersoxfuneralhomes.com

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